Trucios-Turtzioz

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Basque Country allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 2/2006, art. 28. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1998. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 98% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Trucios-Turtzioz. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 7 springs are recorded.

Ground: 40% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 32% low permeability, local groundwater only; 27% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 18 ha, in 2020.
• 1.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.8% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 67% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 67% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 80%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,166 mm a year (1971–2000), about 980 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.4 °C, about 24.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 18 a year, about 8 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valle de Villaverde · Artzentales · Guriezo · Rasines · Castro-Urdiales · Karrantza Harana / Valle de Carranza